It is already a new weekend after a very nice Easter celebration with all three boys home. It was beautiful sunny days and nice and warm in the sun. I didn't write on the blog the Easter week, and these socks were finished before the Easter celebration. Røff og Tøff (Rough & Tough) from Bitta Mikkelborg's book Sokker, strikking hele året (Sock-knitting all year). They are knitted in a yarn I have not tried before, Online Supersocke cotton stretch, on needles 2.25. It consists of 41% wool, 39% cotton, 13% polyamide, 7% polyester. With such a large percent cotton, I think that it might be nice to socks for summer. So now they will be tested :)

And at the Facebook group to Bitta there was Easter dish cloth competition. To participate in the drawing you had to knit with some yellow or orange yarn in the cloth. I had some yellow, and some orange so it became a striped cloth in the pattern White Birch.

fredag 11. april 2014

Blåveis, blåveis, å lykke! Blåveis var min barndoms vårblomst, i en skråning langs veien var det masse blåveis. Vi begynte å plukke dem tidlig, når de såvidt titta fram fra knoppene ved rota, de første gravde vi vel nesten fram :) Vi plukka stadig buketter så store at vi knapt klarte å holde rundt dem.
I dag var vi på tur til Mærrapanna ved Fredrikstad, og da ble jeg jo som barn igjen da jeg så blåveis! Blue anemones, Oh happiness! Blue anemones was my childhood spring flower, on a slope along the road there were lots of blue anemones. We started picking them early, when we just barely could see them from the buds at the root, the first we almost dug up :) We picked bouquets becoming so large that we barely managed to hold them.Today we went to Mærrapanna near Fredrikstad, and then I was like a child again when I saw the ground covered with blue anemones!

Men våren har flere nostalgi blomster. Mamma hadde vakre blå scilla i hagen, og det har jeg også plantet. De har fått plass i en liten vase jeg også har hatt siden jeg var barn, den tror jeg faktisk at jeg fikk i bursdagsgave en gang da jeg var ganske liten, jeg synes jeg alltid har hatt den. But spring has more nostalgia flowers. Mom had beautiful blue scilla in the garden, and I've also planted them in my garden. They I have put in a small vase I also have had since I was a child, I think I got it as a birthday present once when I was quite young.

HVITVEIS / WHITE ANEMONE
Og til vårblomstene hører også hvitveis. De var litt mer fjerne i barndommen, for å plukke dem måtte jeg dra litt lenger hjemmefra enn mitt nærområde. Men vakre er de, og her jeg bor nå er det lett å finne masse hvitveis, men blåveis er vanskeligere å finne! And spring flowers also includes white anemones. I didn't have so much relation to them as a child. To pick them I had to go a little further from home than my neighborhood. However, they are beautiful too, and where I live now it is easy to find lots of white anemones, but blue anemones is harder!

Hand work I can show off this week is a new knit bag with window. I have made from ​​the same pattern that I made ​​a while ago, Watcha Got by This & That

RAGGSOKKER / SOCKS
Og et par helt vanlige raggsokker i barnestørrelse. Strikket i Viking Sportsragg. De har vært under arbeid lenge, for det er sånn håndarbeid jeg bare tar når jeg trenger noe tankeløs strikking, slik som venteromstrikking :)And a pair of ordinary socks in child size. Knitted inViking Sportsragg. They have been in progress long, because that's the kind of knitting I only do when I need some mindless knitting, such as waiting rooms knitting :)MÆRRAPANNAOg selvfølgelig, jeg kan ikke ha vært på Mærrapanna på en utrolig vakker dag uten å vise noen bilder derfra!Den siste biten av veien er som en portal, med den glattskurte fjellveggen langs den ene siden, formet av sjøen for veldig lenge siden. And of course, I could not have been to Mærrapanna on an incredibly beautiful day without showing any pictures from there! The last bit of road is like a portal, with the rock wall along one side, polished by the sea very long time ago.

Yngste sønns samboer fylte 24 år for noen dager siden. De har nettopp flyttet til større leilighet og da har de fått plass til spisebord. Da tenkte jeg de kunne trenge et par dekkebrikker. Motiver og farger er satt sammen spesielt tilpasset henne, og de falt visst i smak. Youngest son's girlfriend had her 24 years birthday, some days ago. They have just moved to a larger apartment and then they've got space for a dining table. Then I thought they could use a couple of placemats. Designs and colors are put together specifically for her.

VELKOMMEN

Jeg er 63 år og har vært gift med min kjære i 42 år. Mor til tre voksne gutter. Jeg er glad i å strikke, sy, quilte og litt brodering. I am 63 years old and live in Norway. I have been married to my dear husband for 42 years and I am mother to 3 grown up sons. I love to knit, sew and quilt, and some embroidery.